Beyoncé hit the stage at LA's SoFi Stadium Monday night -- belting out a slew of her biggest hits and giving a double surprise to her screaming fans.
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00:00Well, Beyoncé kicked off the Cowboy Carter tour right here in Los Angeles.
00:04Not exactly the most country, can I, place, but...
00:08Yee-haw!
00:11Well, it's got a cowboy thing.
00:12I wish I had just said no.
00:14I think it's relevant.
00:15I think it's relevant because she didn't sell out.
00:19And a lot of people think it's sort of because she was promoting country,
00:24but she's not really country.
00:26I mean, I know people say it didn't sell out.
00:28I mean, she sold a lot.
00:29Tell me that's not impressive.
00:30She sold a lot, but look at the top.
00:31Sold a lot.
00:33I know.
00:33She sold a lot.
00:34Yeah, she didn't sell the obstructed view.
00:37The nosebleed obstructed view where you wouldn't actually see the screen.
00:40No.
00:40Okay, I'm just saying.
00:41Please, don't talk to me about Beyoncé's ticket sales.
00:44Anywho.
00:45But there was a big surprise, as I said in the tease, a little surprise.
00:49I was off by a year.
00:51Not an eight-year-old.
00:52It's a seven-year-old superstar, or future superstar, if she so chooses,
00:57who joined Mom on stage and her sister, Rumi, making her debut, one of the twins.
01:03Never seen her on stage before.
01:05No.
01:05She's certainly never been part of, like, one of her performances.
01:08So she's on stage with Blue Ivy.
01:10Yeah.
01:10Now, Blue Ivy, we know, is a seasoned vet now after doing a full tour with Mom.
01:16But, yeah, she had her daughters out on stage with her.
01:21Family affair.
01:23Yeah, there's a lot of people here, too, that went to the show last night and said it was unbelievable.
01:29And Blue Ivy, by the way, I know you mentioned, Charles, that she's done shows with Beyoncé in the past.
01:35She totally upped her game.
01:37Like, her dance moves were amazing.
01:39She had several solos.
01:42She even did choreography to Beyoncé's old choreography 20 years ago.
01:48So people loved that she was recreating all that on stage.
01:53But, I mean, yeah, it didn't sell the way it could have, but it was still packed.
01:59Beyoncé had a three-hour set and played 36 songs.
02:03It was kind of like a bunch of different songs, not just country music.
02:06Which is interesting, but they should have sold it broader, because I think a lot of pop people thought, oh, this is going to be Cowboy Carter.
02:14Right.
02:14But also, the Cowboy Carter album is not, like, traditional country.
02:19But Texas Hold'em is a country song.
02:21Sure.
02:22And that was, I'm not saying it's bad.
02:25I liked it.
02:26Yeah.
02:26But I'm just saying that it's sort of, as they say, betwixt and between.
02:30Well, some, at least a few of her fans, had no problem embracing the country theme, including.
02:37Called kick-ass.
02:39Including Oprah and Gail and Tyler Perry, who is not in Cowboy gear.
02:44They were having a good old time in a box there at SoFi.
02:47Boy, they're getting around.
02:48They were in New York the night before.
02:50It's almost like she has a private plane or something.
02:52I know, it's crazy.
02:53I thought you were talking about something different.
02:56That there were some ladies who were at a getup of, you know, Cowboy boots and whatnot.
03:02Yeah.
03:02And Beehive was buzzing at one point.
03:05This might have been after the show.
03:07I'm sure they wouldn't have missed any of the show for this nonsense.
03:12Nonsense that we wanted to show you.
03:14Yes.
03:15Oh, yeah.
03:17No, you didn't.
03:19Come on, Queens.
03:20Is this really how we're acting out here?
03:21Come on.
03:23Oh, my God.
03:25Oh, she almost saved it.
03:28She almost saved it.
03:29I love when you do play-by-play.
03:34I got to tell you, the woman in red took that very calmly.
03:37She just got back up.
03:38She's like, I'm not fighting anybody.
03:39Put my belt back on.
03:40Anyway, they'll be there all week.
03:42They won't be there.
03:43Beyonce.
03:44No, I meant them.
03:45I meant them.
03:46...
03:47No, no.
03:49No, no.